Delayed puberty secondary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Eiman Ghaffarpasand, M.D. [2]

Overview

Effective measures for the secondary prevention of delayed puberty are prompt diagnosis and hormone replacement therapy to prevent osteoporosis, short adult height along with salpingo-oophorectomy in Turner syndrome, to prevent malignancy.

Secondary Prevention

Effective measures for the secondary prevention of delayed puberty include:
- Prompt diagnosis, and hormone replacement therapy in order to prevent osteoporosis and short adult height.
- Salpingo-oophorectomy in Turner syndrome to prevent malignancy.

It seems that delayed puberty can lead to lower bone mineral density (BMD) in adulthood.^[1]
Since the lower BMD is the main risk factor for fracture, therefore untreated delayed puberty leads to more fracture rate.^[2]
Hormone therapy in boys, but not girls, with short stature and delayed puberty improves the adult height, proportionally.^[3]
Timely initiation of hormonal therapy can also prevent any psychological problems in children with delayed puberty.^[4]

References

↑ Finkelstein, Joel S.; Neer, Robert M.; Biller, Beverly M.K.; Crawford, John D.; Klibanski, Anne (1992). “Osteopenia in Men with a History of Delayed Puberty”. New England Journal of Medicine. 326 (9): 600–604. doi:10.1056/NEJM199202273260904. ISSN 0028-4793.
↑ Johnston CC, Slemenda CW, Melton LJ (1991). “Clinical use of bone densitometry”. N. Engl. J. Med. 324 (16): 1105–9. doi:10.1056/NEJM199104183241606. PMID 2008183.
↑ Zucchini S, Wasniewska M, Cisternino M, Salerno M, Iughetti L, Maghnie M, Street ME, Caruso-Nicoletti M, Cianfarani S (2008). “Adult height in children with short stature and idiopathic delayed puberty after different management”. Eur. J. Pediatr. 167 (6): 677–81. doi:10.1007/s00431-007-0576-y. PMID 17717702.
↑ Pozo J, Argente J (2003). “Ascertainment and treatment of delayed puberty”. Horm. Res. 60 Suppl 3: 35–48. doi:74498 Check |doi= value (help). PMID 14671394.

Overview